PARLE, MN

PARLE, MN

The PARLE podcast is dedicated to educating our Minnesota communities about topics that are essential to understand in order to create a society where everyone thrives. Join us as we learn alongside community leaders or innovators, professionals, and entrepreneurs who are doing this work on a daily basis. Hosted by Dominique " Mr. Neek" Pierre-Toussaint & special guest host Dr. Jen Westmoreland. This show is produced by Blank Canvas MN Arts Studio (Powered by Soc13ty_101 LLC), and located in the City of Hopkins, MN historic downtown Main Street (Olio Co-working space 915 Main Street Hopkins, MN 55343).

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December 1, 2025 29 mins

🎙️ PARLE, MN (Ranked #6 – Best MN Education Podcasts of 2025) is BACK with powerful conversations that educate, inspire, and uplift.

Kicking things off with Augsburg University Wrestling Legend + LeVici Founder:

Marcus LeVesseur

   •   296-0 career record

   •   4x NCAA Division III Champion (Augsburg University)

   •   Wrestling Icon

🎙️ Hosted by Dominique “Mr. Neek” Pierre-Toussaint

📢 Powered by Soc13ty 101 | In partnership with City...

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PARLE, MN show (Dominique Pierre-Toussaint), sits down with University of Minnesota Gopher football legend Rickey Foggie, who was recently named the head coach of Minnesota’s newest, arena football league (AFL 2024) franchise the Minnesota MYTH

We will learn more about community leader Coach Rickey Foggie’s journey, and dive into his new role with the MN MYTH! 

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May 16, 2023 22 mins

As a former track star who graduated 11 years ago from Minnetonka high school located in Minnetonka, MN. Rashad Cohen is more than a standout hurdler and football player. He brings a message of hope as a transformational speaker whose personal experiences, and passionate commitment to share the treasures of his teaching, will motivate you to discover your fullest potential.

Are you ready?
Rashad lived out of a backpack...

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April 13, 2023 31 mins

Dominique "Mr. Neek" Pierre-Toussaint (ICA Director of Community Relations) sits down with Markus Flynn (Executive Director of Black Men Teach Twin Cities) to share his journey.

Black Men Teach  mission  is to recruit, prepare, place and retain Black male teachers in elementary schools.

Black Men Teach vision is that all students have the opportunity to attend schools staffed with racially and culturally...

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March 16, 2023 60 mins

"This is one of those moments when I realized, that I’ve been blessed to call the newly appointed AFL Commissioner- Attorney Lee A. Hutton and my PARLE co-host Jen Westmoreland my friends. It has been a joy to watch these two individuals become the impactful community leaders I knew they would become."
- Dominique "Mr. Neek" Pierre-Toussaint

JW and Mr. Neek had the pleasure of sitting down with the newly appo...

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February 17, 2023 66 mins

Three is the magic number, yes it is and in this third episode of PARLE, Jen and I sit down with the University of Minnesota Gopher HOF Albert Nuness (Founder of INVICTUS), Most male athletes at Hopkins high school Minnetonka, MN can say, at one point in time, that they wanted to play in the NBA. One former faculty member at Hopkins Public Schools can check that off a list of things he has done with his life.

Al Nuness for...

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January 20, 2023 51 mins

On this episode of “PARLE”:
We sit down with one of Minnesota’s most eclectic journalist. Mike Max (WCCO Reporter) stops by to share his journey as a local Minnesotan and his perspective on covering the social unrest during 2020!

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Organized, recorded, and published by Soc13ty_101 (MN), based in Twin Cities, Minnesota. @s0c13ty_101 on all platforms.

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January 3, 2023 23 mins

Minnesota's newly-elected Hennepin County Attorney, Mary Moriarty, sits down for a conversation with Dominique Pierre-Toussaint. Along with her own experiences growing up in Minnesota, she recounts a time when she spoke up for those who had their voices silenced, highlighting both the personal introspection such an experience fostered and how it affected her journey to becoming who she is today.

Thank you to Jake Fran...

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